Nursing bottle holder



March 22, 1949. o. H. FRITZ NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER Filed July-11, 1945Patented Mar. 22, 1949 STATES UNIT NT OFFICE 4 Claims.

Thel primary object of the present invention is to provide a holder fornursing bottles into which bottles of many varying shapes in crosssection may be easily and quickly slipped and which holder willthereafter securely hold the bottle in varying positions of adjustmentwith respect to a crib or like structure. As this description proceedsit will be seen that the foregoing objects are accomplished by means ofa very simple wire structure adapted for manufacture at a very smallcost. The invention will be best understood from a consideration of theaccompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the nursing bottle holder with a bottleillustrated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a side View.

Fig. 3 is a partial rear view, and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line I-ll of Fig. 2.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

The invention comprises, in the main, two principal parts, to wit; abottle gripping and holding part A, and a supporting base B, from whichthe part A is, preferably, slidably supported. The part A is deemed tobe of especial importance for reasons hereinafter set forth. The baseportion B may be varied within wide ranges without departure from theadvantages inherent in the structure of part A.

This part A is preferably made of a single piece of resilient wire andcomprises a leg I. The nursing bottle, indicated at Il is supportedbetween four longitudinal runs 5, 6, l and il, of the wire, the run 5constituting a, substantially, perpendicular extension from the top ofleg I; the forward end of run 5 is connected by a lateral run 9 with therun 8. The end of run 8 is welded or soldered at 2 to leg I and at itsforward end said run 8 is connected by a lateral run i9 with run 1. Thebight portion of this single wire structure A is formed by a run I Iwhich connects the runs 6 and 'I and holds said runs in substantialparallelism with each other. .The wire of the runs 6 and 1 is bentoutwardly at their point of juncture with run il as indicated at I2 sothat while this run I I may bear against the outside of the point oflargest diameter of the bottle, the runs 6 and 'I will lie inwardly ofsaid point and will extend alongside the bottle in contact therewith.The distance between runs 5 and 8 and between 6 and l and between 5 andl5 and between 8 and I are all such with respect to the size of thebottle that when a bottle is slipped into the holder from the left ingure 2 it will be firmly engaged between the four runs 5, 6, 1 and' 8.Further the parts are so arranged that the bottle will snap into placein the holder and be securely held against reverse movement out of theholder. This is accomplished as follows:

It will be noted that the length of the runs B and l, while materiallyless than the length of runs 5 andy Il, is still such that the run IIbears against the bottle at a point rearwardly of the' longitudinalcenter of the bottle. It will also be seen that when the bottle is fullyin place the upper part of leg I (see Fig. 3) lies behind the bottom ofthe bottle and thus prevents reverse movement of the bottle out of theholder. However, up to the time that the rear or bottom of the bottleclears leg I as it is being thrust into the holder the bottle liesslightly oblique to all of the runs 5, 8, 'I and 8, its enlarged portionback of the neck being at this time engaged by the lateral runs 9 andI0. This oblique disposition of the bottle results in springing runs 6and I laterally away from 5 and 8 through the engagement of the side ofthe bottle with run I I. Thus the parts are placed under spring tensionwhich tends to thrust the rear of the bottle against leg I and whichcauses the bottle to snap into place in front of leg I as soon as itsrear portion clears said leg. It will be observed that the describedstructure is capable of functioning with respect to round bottles, orwith respect to many varying shapes of bottles.

As before stated this holder A may be supported by base structures ofmany different forms. One such structure is shown at B and comprises atube 3 within which are received the wire ends i5 and I6 which arewelded to each other and to leg I at il and the intermediate portions ofwhich are bent to form the open C-shaped loop I8 covered with a rubberprotective covering I9 and shaped to adapt it to be engaged with cribmembers such as the rungs, rails or the like. The term crib is genericand is intended to cover equivalent structures such as bassinettes, babybuggies etc. The sleeve 3 merely houses the end portions of the Wiressaid wires being in effect rigidly united by soldering or welding.Material other than wire may be employed if desired. The use of plasticsis contemplated.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is;

1. A bottle holder comprising a pair of bottle engaging membersresiliently connected together in spaced relation at their forward endsand spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the bottle to beheld, supporting means extending from the rear end of one of saidmembers, and a lateral bearing run constituting the rear end of theother of said members, the last named member being materially shorterthan the other member but long enough to dispose said bearing run at apoint rearwardly of the center of the bottle to be held.

2. A bottle holder made from a single piece of resilient wire shaped toform a leg, a pair of perpendicular runs extending from said leg andlying in parallelism with but in materially spaced relation to eachother, a second pair of runs materially shorter than the rst named pair,lying in substantial parallelism with but in laterally spaced relationto said first pair and extending more than half the length of the bottleto be held, transverse connecting runs at the forward end of the holderuniting the two pairs of runs and a connecting run uniting the rear endsof the last named pair, as and for the purpose stated, said connectingrun extended across a held bottle and lying outwardly of the plane ofthe runs which it unites.

3. A structure as recited in claim 2 wherein said last named connectingrun is oiset outwardly a sucient distance to permit the runs which itunites to closely engage the bottle walls in the direction of the lengthof the bottle.

4. A structure as recited in claim 2 in combination with a supportingmeans for the h 'lder comprising a rubber covered piece of wire, m ansfor securing the ends of said wire in substan ial parallelism to andalong said leg the bight portions of the wire being bent to form a pairof dished c-shaped members and a connecting run therebetween, the convexsides of said members being disposed toward each other and said 0-shaped members lying as a whole perpendicularly to the said leg.

OLIVER H. FRITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the ille ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 979,550 Olian Dec. 27, 19101,339,018 Boyce May 4, 1920 1,422,223 Phillips July 11, 1922 2,280,940Wightman Apr. 28, 1942

